Sanitary massage pad



C. WOLFSOHN.

SANITARY MASSAGE PAD.

APPLICATION mm MAY 27, 1921.

' mma Aug; s, 1922,

Pads, of which the UNETEZE STATE rarer rice.

CHARLES WOLFSOHN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SANITARY MASSAGE PAID.

. Application filed. May 27 T 0 all whom may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES *WoLFsorrN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Massage followingis a specification.

This invention relates to massage pads which are to be used inconnection with a rotary member, preferably driven by connection with asmall electric motor. Such massage tools as at present used have asurface of material such as rubber, which is permanently attached to therotary member and has to be sterilized. In using such a tool in a publicmassage parlor or barber shop, the patient does not always feel surethat the tool has been properly sterilized, and fears that the same maybe unsanitary. The object of this invention is to provide for such arotary tool a massage pad which can be enclosed in a sealed wax paperenvelope and taken out of said envelope and placed upon the rotary toolin the presence of the patient whose face or scalp is to be massaged.Each patient is then certain that the pad which is used for him has notbeen previously used on some other patient.

To these ends the invention consists of a massage pad constructed ashereinafter set forth in the specification and particularly as pointedout in the claims.

Furthermore the invention consists in the combination of a massage padof the char acter set forth with a rotary massaging tool.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a piece of fabric from which the massage padof this invention is constructed.

Fig. 2 is an underneath view of the massage pad completed.

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the massage pad taken on the line 3-3of Fig. 2, and showing the same applied to a cylindrical rotary tool.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 5 is a piece of sheet material preferably cotton. Tothe central portion of this piece of sheet material a circular piece ofcomparatively rough material, such as Turkish towelling 6, is attached.To form the pad the outer portion of the fabric is folded inwardly toform an annu- Spccification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

1921. Serial no. 473,083.

lar rim 7, joined together by a seam 8 and turned inwardly to form a hem9, said hem surrounding the inner edge of the rim 7. An elastic band 1extends around the inner edge of the rim 7 within the hem 9, thusleaving a hole 11 opening into the interior 12 of the pad. The pad isapplied to a cylindrical tool 13 which has a stem 14: thereon adapted tobe attached to a small electric motor whereby a rotary motion may beimparted to said tool and pad mounted there on. The pad is attached tothe tool by stretching the elastic band 10 and the inner edge portion ofthe rim 7 which is gathered at 15 to give sufiicient fullness so thatthe rim 7 can be stretched sufficiently to allow the tool 13 to enterthe space 12 as illustrated in Fig. 3. The tool 13 with the pad thereonis now ready to be used for massaging purposes and, itwill be evidentthat the pad can be easily stretched and placed upon the tool, and withequal ease it can be stretched and removed therefrom.

While it is preferable to use an elastic band, it is evident that aflexible band, such as a cord or string, may be used in place of theelastic band to gather the inner edge of the rim together and firmlyattach the same to the rotary tool.

I claim:

1. A massage pad comprising a piece of non-elastic sheet material foldedto form a circular member, one face thereof being uninterrupted, theopposite face constituting a fiat annular rim and a flexible bandsurrounding said rim and enclosed between said faces whereby said padmay be detachably positioned upon a rotary member.

2. A massage pad comprising a piece of non-elastic sheet material foldedto form a normally flat circular member, one face thereof beinguninterrupted, the opposite face constituting a flat annular rim and anelastic band surrounding said rim and enclosed between said faceswhereby said pad may be detachably positioned upon a rotary member.

3. A massage pad comprising a piece of non-elastic fabiic folded to forma circular member, one face thereof being uninterrupted, a piece ofcomparatively rough material fast to said face, the opposite face ofsaid pad constituting a flat annular rim and an elastic band surroundingsaid rim and enclosed between said faces whereby said pad may bedeta'chably aositioried upon a rotary member.

4:. A massage padycomprising a piece of nonelastio sheet material foldedto form a circular member, one face thereof be'm'g m1- 7 interruptedytheopposite face constituting a flat annular rim wi-th-a hem surroundingits inner edge and an elastic band extending around sald rim wlthin saidhem and "en closed between said faces whereby said pad may bed'etach'ably positioned upon a rotary member.

, "5Q Incombination, a massage pacbcomprising a piece of non-elasticsheet material folded-to form a hollow circular member, one face thereofconstituting an annular rim, a ii-at elastic "band surrounding said rimand-enclosed between said faces and a Cylindrical tool enclosed in saidpad between .pad may be detachably positioned upon .1

rotary member. a I

In tesfumony whereof I have hereunto set nesse's; v H I y y M CHARLESWVOLFSOHN.

Witnesses: 3

' FRANKLIN E. Low,

IZA 'I-IRYX M. ,JoYoE.

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